MSFCONSOLE(1)

NAME
msfconsole - Metasploit Framework Console

SYNOPSIS
msfconsole [options]

OPTIONS

Specific options:
    -d    Execute the console as defanged
    -r <filename> Execute the specified resource file
    -o <filename> Output to the specified file
    -c <filename>    Load the specified configuration file
    -m <directory>    Specifies an additional module search path
    -p <plugin> Load a plugin on startup
    -v, --version    Show version
    -L, --real-readline
    Use the system Readline library instead of RbReadline
    -n, --no-database Disable database support
    -q, --quiet                Do not print the banner on start up
    -x <command>
    Execute the specified string as console commands (use ; for multiples)

    -y, --yaml <database.yml>
    Specify a YAML file containing database settings
    -M, --migration-path <dir>
    Specify a directory containing additional DB migrations
    -e <production|development>, --environment
    Specify the database environment to load from the YAML

Common options:
        -h, --help    Show this message

DESCRIPTION
The msfconsole is probably the most popular interface to the MSF. It provides an "all-in-one" centralized console and allows you efficient access to virtually all of the options available in the Metasploit Framework. Msfconsole may seem intimidating at first, but once you learn the syntax of the commands you will learn to appreciate the power of utilizing this interface.

SEE ALSO
msfcli(1)
msfvenom(1)
msfpayload(1)
msfencode(1)
msfcli(1)

AUTHORS

Creator
    HD Moore - @hdmoore / hdm@metasploit.com

Top Contributors,
    Joshua J. Drake, Wei Chen, James Lee, Mario Ceballos, Steve Tornio, David D. Rude II, Ramon Valle, Nathan Keltner, Tod Beardsley, Patrick Webster, Chris Gates, Jonathan Cran, Efrain Torres, Carlos Perez, Stephen Fewer, Alexandre Maloteaux, Chao Mu, Juan Vazquez, Brandon Perry, David Maloney

NOTES
For a more complete list of contributors run:
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/tools/modules_authors.rb
Or visit:
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/graphs/contributors

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